Barns-Brinton House
{{short description|Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Barns-Brinton House
| nrhp_type =
| image = Barns-Brinton House rear.jpg
| caption = Originally the front of the Barns-Brinton House, this became the rear when U.S. Route 1 was moved behind it.
| location = East of Hamorton on U.S. Route 1, Pennsbury Township, Pennsylvania
| coordinates = {{coord|39|52|24|N|75|37|35|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Pennsylvania#USA
| built = 1714
| architecture =
| added = May 27, 1971
| area = {{convert|1.5|acre}}
| refnum = 71000692{{NRISref|version=2009a}}
}}
The Barns-Brinton House is an historic brick house located between Hamorton and Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania in Pennsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was constructed in 1714 by William Barns, who operated it as a tavern from 1722 until his death in 1731.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database| access-date = 2012-12-09| archive-date = 2007-07-21| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| url-status = dead}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H001514_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Barns-Brinton House| accessdate = 2012-12-09| author = Eleanor M. Webster| format = PDF| date= April 1970}}
History and features
File:Barns Brinton House Photograph from 1905.png Built in 1714 by William Barns, the Barns-Brinton House was operated as a tavern from 1722 until Barns' death in 1731.
The tract with the house and additional land was subsequently purchased by two others, the latter of whom, James Brinton, was the property owner when the house was endangered by the 1777 approach of Hessian General Wilhelm von Knyphausen, as he marched his British troops to the Battle of Brandywine during the Revolutionary War.{{cite web|title=1714 Barns-Brinton House and Tavern |publisher=Chadds Ford Historical Society |url=http://www.chaddsfordhistory.org/local-history/our-houses/barns-brinton-house/ |accessdate=2014-04-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413202241/http://www.chaddsfordhistory.org/local-history/our-houses/barns-brinton-house/ |archivedate=2014-04-13 }}{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database| access-date = 2012-12-09| archive-date = 2007-07-21| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| url-status = dead}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H001514_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Barns-Brinton House| accessdate = 2012-12-09| author = Eleanor M. Webster| format = PDF| date= April 1970}}
It remained in Brinton's family until 1859, then passed through several owners until the property was purchased and restored by the Chadds Ford Historical Society in 1969.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
=Present day=
The house is owned and operated by the Chadds Ford Historical Society as a historic house museum, as well as the John Chads House.
References
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External links
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- [http://www.chaddsfordhistory.org Chadds Ford Historical Society]
- {{HABS |survey=PA-173 |id=pa0246 |title=Barnes–Brinton House, 630 Baltimore Pike (U.S. Route 1), Chadds Ford, Delaware County, PA |photos=18 |data=5 |cap=2}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania}}
Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania
Category:Historic house museums in Pennsylvania
Category:Houses completed in 1714
Category:Houses in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Category:Museums in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania